 |  Reading and All That Jazz: Tuning Up Your Reading, Thinking, and Study Skills, 2/e Peter Mather,
Glendale Community College
Rita McCarthy,
Glendale Community College
Feature Summary| New! Twenty Readings: The second edition includes textbook selections as well as readings from Tom Brokaw, Ann Landers, Art Buchwald, Maya Angelou, Bill Bryson, and George W. Bush.
New! Main Ideas: The chapter on Main Ideas and Supporting Details has been expanded to increase the emphasis on formulation implied main ideas.
New! Internet Activities and Added Exercises: The opportunities for students to work online, in groups, or individually to hone their reading skills have been significantly expanded. Every reading selection now incorporates Internet reading and research.
New! Clustered Readings: Three grouped readings in every chapter address a controversial issue. The selections help students to hone their critical thinking and reading skills.
Jazz: The theme of jazz music provides a unique and engaging entry into developmental reading. Reading skills can be studied separately but must be developed together—like the musicians in an ensemble.
Diverse Sources: The reading selections include essays, stories, poems, and cartoons and come from a variety of sources, including textbooks, contemporary literature, magazines, and newspapers.
Numerous Activities: Each chapter provides a wide variety of vocabulary exercises, objective and open-ended questions, mapping activities, crossword puzzles, review tests, and chapter tests. Many of the exercises can be done collaboratively.
|
|
2003 McGraw-Hill Higher Education